I had a great time with Captain Steve. He and I spoke the day before. Then we met in the morning. He took me through the process of assessing the beach conditions. He spotted some red tide and knew exactly the next best place to go to avoid it. We spent hours fishing and Captain Steve was able do a lot of coaching to enhance my technique. There was a lot of rain during my trip. Captain Steve offered me the opportunity to come back later a different time or to continue. I fished in the rain and Captain Steve continued to work with me the whole time. I caught a big Snook and then released it. I would definitely return and work with him again. Thanks Captain Steve!

Wow!!!  Had not planned on fishing while my wife and I visited Longboat Key and the Sarasota FL area two weeks ago as she does not fish. While walking the beach, we noticed a small group of people catching a lot of fish. I mentioned to her I would love to try shore fishing sometime and doing, that while pointing at the group (catching fish). So I walked up to ask how they were doing and met Steven Herich who was guiding the group. After a very quick visit, he handed me a business card and I left so his group could keep catching fish.

Later that day, my wife told me you should see if he can fit you in during the next few days. Fortunately for us, Steve was gracious enough to meet me for a few hours on his only scheduled day off and I had an amazing time with him and caught a lot of fish. He was gracious with his time, explained exactly what I needed to do to catch the fish and coached me when a bigger fish was on the line.

You don’t need to be an experienced ocean shore fishing person to try this and catch fish. Coach Steve makes it fun for you and your entire family and provides everything you need for a great time.  He even talked my wife into joining me for a picture with one of my fish caught that day. Framing that one guys! 

If you want to catch multiple species of fish as well as big fish from the shore, reach out to Steven Herich with Beach Fishing Adventures and get ready to have a lot of fun.  Thanks again Steve.

Gary Hahn
Rogers, Arkansas

Captain Steve came highly recommended from Don, the owner of All About Fishing in Sarasota. I called Steve and could sense his excitement and enthusiasm for fishing just by the tone of his voice. The three hours we spent together the afternoon of June 9 was full of action right from the beaches of longboat key. Steve’s knowledge and love of fishing was evident early and his commitment and dedication to helping me land snook that were nearly 3 feet long was amazing!
I look forward to fishing with Captain Steve on my next trip to longboat key. He is a great teacher and an even better individual. Thanks captain!

The fishing wasn’t great but we learned a bit and had a great time with Captain Steve. He’s a very genuine guy and worked hard to get us on with some bigger fish, it just wasn’t a good afternoon for fishing. My 8 year old had a blast catching the small bait fish (whiting) that we were then reusing as bait for something larger (snook). The snook started to show up at the pier later in our outing and we got one solid bite but didn’t hook into them. Fish just weren’t biting that day! Bonus, we saw 2 manatees swim right by the end of the pier. Overall, a great idea of a guide for beach/pier fishing and we’re glad we did it.

My husband who by the way is also Steve thought it would be nice to fish in the ocean while on vacation. We were lucky enough to get an appointment with Captain Steve who was very experienced in ocean fishing from the beach.  He was very attentive and new exactly where to go to catch Snook fish.  I was so excited that I was able to brag to my friends and family that I caught some fish in the Gulf of Mexico. We also saw some dolphins and met one of the nicest television anchors in the area.  We can’t wait to go back next year. Thank you Captain Steve.